8.11.2006

Growing Toward Peace book

I found this book at a book market several years ago with the simple title, "Growing Toward Peace" in typical Roman letters. It's a book co-authored by Regina Tor and Eleanor Roosevelt for the United Nations and was published by Random House in 1960. Interesting book, talking mostly about all the various programs that the UN has to offer: UNICEF, UNESCO, FAO, WHO, etc. But the main reason I bought it was for the illustrations found throughout. And should I even have mention this?— there's no mention of who did them. (Although there's a slight possibility that it could be Ben Shahn.)

The illustration above was one of the strongest found in the book, of three prophets. (The subject was of peace throughout the ages.) The illustrator has a nice grasp of using simple line to convey emotion. There's a few spot illustrations that really get your attention and they're done in black and white. A second color of green is used sparingly throughout the book, but is quite effective. Here's some more from the book:

I'm not one to vocalize my political beliefs on this blog (there's plenty who do out there anyway), but I do hope and pray for peaceful times soon. Seeing death and destruction day in and day out on CNN and other various news outlets starts to wear you down.

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For the insanely curious: the Wife has posted a set of photos from our recent vacation. Check it out here. It was good trip. Good time was had by all.

Oh well. Have a great weekend! I plan on posting some of my own work up soon.

These are really nice, Ward. I particularly love the image of the mother cradling her child as dad looks on. The hand illustration and the first illustration of the three men look like something YOU would do. Heck, they ALL look like illustrations you would have done! Love the colors, too. It's cool how your style and your taste in other art is all moving in the same direction.

And thanks for the great comments on my blog this past weekend! I never tire of your perspective on things!

I stumbled upon this post well after the fact, but would like to say for the record that Regina Tor went on to illustrate many books under the name Regina Shekerjian. It's certainly possible--even likely--that she illustrated this book.